Saturday 19 October 1996 · Xining, Qinghai, China
Śanivāra. Saptamī began at 17:085:08 PM yesterday, and holds until 15:113:11 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 44 of 44 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:247:24 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:113:11 PM
Saptamī gives way to Aṣṭamī.
Noon
12:5812:58 PM
The Sun 43° above S. Day length 11 h 07 m.
sunrise to sunrise
The day and the night, each in eight parts, named by the weekday. Amṛta, Śubha and Lābha are good to begin things in; Cara is neutral; Udvega, Kāla and Roga are avoided.
Day sunrise to sunset
Night sunset to sunrise
good to begin inavoidedneutral
07:247:24 AM to 31:257:25 AM+1
Times after midnight keep counting: 27:31 is 03:31 tomorrow, and still today.A time marked +1 is after midnight: tomorrow by the calendar, and still today.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Śukla Saptamī | 15:113:11 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 15:423:42 PM | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Sukarmā | 22:2910:29 PM | Dhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 15:113:11 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 31:25 07:257:25 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:415:41 AM | 07:247:24 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:415:41 AM | 06:336:33 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:076:07 AM | 07:247:24 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:247:24 AM | 09:389:38 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:247:24 AM | 08:478:47 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:247:24 AM | 08:098:09 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:098:09 AM | 08:538:53 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:389:38 AM | 11:5111:51 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:1110:11 AM | 11:3411:34 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 11:0811:08 AM | 12:3912:39 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3412:34 PM | 13:221:22 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:3512:35 PM | 13:201:20 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:042:04 PM | 16:184:18 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:212:21 PM | 15:443:44 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:492:49 PM | 15:333:33 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:184:18 PM | 18:316:31 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:316:31 PM | 20:148:14 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:316:31 PM | 18:576:57 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:316:31 PM | 19:497:49 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 23:1411:14 PM | 24:4412:44 AM+1 | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3412:34 AM+1 | 25:221:22 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |